Definitions for first

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Spelling: [furst]

IPA: /fɜrst/

First is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 62 anagrams from letters in first (first).

Definitions for first

noun

1. the person or thing that is first in time, order, rank, etc.
2. the beginning.
3. the first part; first member of a series.
4. Music. the voice or instrument that takes the highest or chief part in its class, especially in an orchestra or chorus. a leader of a part or group of performers.
5. Automotive. low gear; first gear:
6. the winning position or rank in a race or other competition.
7. Baseball. first base.
8. Usually, firsts. Commerce. a product or goods of the first or highest quality. goods produced according to specifications, without visible flaws. Compare second1 (def 23), third (def 12).
9. British University. first-class honors. Compare class (def 18). a person who has won such honors.

Idioms

1. first and last, everything considered; above all else; altogether:
2. first off, Informal. at the outset; immediately:
3. first thing, before anything else; at once; promptly:

adverb

1. before all others or anything else in time, order, rank, etc.
2. before some other thing, event, etc.:
3. for the first time:
4. in preference to something else; rather; sooner:
5. in the first place; firstly.

adjective

1. being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.
2. Music. highest or chief among several voices or instruments of the same class:
3. Automotive. low1 (def 31).
4. (often initial capital letter) being a member of the household or an intimate acquaintance of the president of the U.S. or of the governor of a state:

Origin of first

before 1000; Middle English; Old English fyr(e)st (see fore¹, -est¹); cognate with German Fürst prince

Examples for first

Eric Garcetti succeeded Villaraigosa and has received high marks in his first year and a half on the job.

Fluoride first entered an American water supply through a rather inelegant technocratic scheme.

From the first moment you spoke, I have felt this mysterious power.

But the first words he uttered showed a total unconsciousness of past events.

"He'd better improve his whiskers first thing he does," suggested Percival.

Milza was the first to observe that her absence was unusually protracted.

He sees himself as the first Muslim president of all Europe.

In the first episode, an officer is shown video of himself shooting and killing a man.

But since those rosy scenarios were first floated, the California political scene has grown more crowded.

Yes, dearest Philothea; but not till she had first told me of her own marriage with Geta.